Etymology 1
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Verb
-konda (infinitive kukonda)
- to become thin; emaciate
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -konda |
Positive present |
-nakonda |
Subjunctive |
-konde |
Negative |
-kondi |
Imperative singular |
konda |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kukonda |
Negative |
kutokonda |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
konda |
Plural |
kondeni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
hukonda |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -likonda |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kukonda |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakonda) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninakonda/nakonda |
tunakonda |
2nd person |
unakonda |
mnakonda |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anakonda |
wanakonda |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -nakonda |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -kondi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sikondi |
hatukondi |
2nd person |
hukondi |
hamkondi |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hakondi |
hawakondi |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -kondi |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -takonda |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -takonda |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -konde) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
nikonde |
tukonde |
2nd person |
ukonde |
mkonde |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
akonde |
wakonde |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -konde |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sikonde |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngekonda |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singekonda |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalikonda |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalikonda |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mekonda |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshakonda |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jakonda |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kikonda |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipokonda |
Consecutive |
kakonda / positive subject concord + -kakonda |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kakonde |
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
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Etymology 2
Clipping of kondakta (“conductor”).
Noun
konda (ma class, plural makonda)
- (Sheng) conductor (person who takes tickets on public transportation)
2017 January 28, “Kipigo chadaiwa kusababisha kifo cha konda wa daladala”, in Mwananchi: